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CULTURE / Books / THE BOOK REPORT
May 22, 2003

Book Off chief rolls with the blows as status quo publishers complain

The Japanese may love a hardworking and unassuming company man who out of nowhere wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, but they are still wary of the true entrepreneur who is willing to take risks and shake up long-established ways of doing things.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
May 22, 2003

Corporate values ignore the bottom line

With all the scandals swirling around U.S. corporations, public respect for CEOs has plunged and, as a lawyer, I can empathize. Stories about sleazy lawyers chasing after ambulances still bring color to my cheeks, so I understand what it's like to work in a profession that is equated with sharks and...
BUSINESS
May 21, 2003

Kawaguchi hits WTO draft report

Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi expressed dissatisfaction Tuesday with a World Trade Organization draft report on the liberalization of nonfarm trade, saying calls for the elimination of tariffs on certain products are unacceptable.
EDITORIALS
May 21, 2003

Moment of truth in the bank crisis

The government decision to inject taxpayer money into Resona Holdings, the nation's fifth-largest banking group, is a fresh reminder of the fragility of the Japanese financial system. There have been no bank runs, but confidence in bank management has been shaken again. Until very recently Resona executives...
BUSINESS
May 21, 2003

Report cites flat economy, mounting risks of SARS

The economy remained flat in May, the government said Tuesday. In its monthly economic report, the government also described the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome as a risk factor.
COMMENTARY
May 21, 2003

Narrowing the U.S.-South Korean gap

WASHINGTON -- The summit meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun was, by almost all accounts, a success. The main reason, according to the skeptics, was that expectations were very low. No major breakthroughs were achieved, they argue; "success" merely meant...
BUSINESS
May 21, 2003

Honda blows horn about world's first car-crash detector

Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday it has developed the world's first system capable of predicting vehicle collisions.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2003

Nissan announces Taiwan venture

Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday it will set up a joint venture with Taiwan-based Yulon Motor Co. by the end of the year to promote car sales in Taiwan and China.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2003

BOJ decides to pump more cash into system

The Bank of Japan decided Tuesday to pump still more money into the economy amid falling stock prices, a rising yen and the bailout of Resona Bank.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2003

Rising fuel costs bludgeon Tepco profits

Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s group net profit dropped 18.1 percent to 165.27 billion yen in fiscal 2002, with the increasing cost of fuel used to fire up thermal power generators weighing heavily on its earnings, the utility said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2003

Suzuki Motor records 20% sales increase

Suzuki Motor Corp., the nation's top minivehicle maker, on Tuesday reported record group sales of 2.02 trillion yen for fiscal 2002, up 20.8 percent from the previous year.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2003

Hitachi chip may be used in euro bills

The European Central Bank is considering adopting the world's smallest integrated circuit, developed by Hitachi Ltd., to prevent forgery of euro bills, according to Hitachi sources.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2003

Ministry calls for sweeping overhaul of farm co-ops

Structural reform is lagging behind in the farm sector and the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives group should undergo a major overhaul, the agricultural ministry said Tuesday in its annual white paper.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2003

Bill imminent to let insurers shirk on yields

The tripartite ruling coalition approved Tuesday an amended bill that would allow life insurers to cut yields guaranteed to policyholders, resulting in a possible cut in payouts, coalition officials said.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 21, 2003

Tuffy slams homers No. 16 and 17 as Buffaloes whip Lions

Kintetsu slugger Tuffy Rhodes smashed two homers and drove home six runs to lead the Buffaloes' 16-hit barrage as Kintetsu destroyed the Seibu Lions 14-3 at Osaka Dome on Tuesday.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2003

Shiokawa ponders extra budget

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Tuesday he would consider compiling an extra budget to fight deflation should the ruling coalition submit specific proposals to this end.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
May 21, 2003

David Murray Big Band: "Now is Another Time"

Boundary crossing and genre mixing are no longer a big deal in jazz, but few do them with the raw power and awe-inspiring glee of David Murray. His list of musical projects reads like a postmodern smorgasbord: Guadaloupian vocals and percussion; Caribbean instrumentation; a musical tribute to Picasso;...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
May 21, 2003

Mira Calix: "Shimskitta"

The music of Mira Calix -- Chantal Passamonte to her friends and family back in Durban, South Africa -- is neither composed nor produced on a computer, though it sounds as if it was. Having burnished her ambient techno style at Warp Records, England's premier "laptop-music" label where she worked in...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
May 21, 2003

King Sunny Ade: "Syncro Series"

King Sunny Ade of Nigeria came and went as a star of African music, and these days makes only sporadic appearances. At his peak, in the early '80s, he had a deal with Island Records, which was then hoping he would fill the shoes and sales of the recently deceased Bob Marley. But if Ade's music was reigning...
CULTURE / Music
May 21, 2003

Pop goes the question

Name a record you love that's overlooked:
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 21, 2003

The first Western master of woodblock

A Western man clad in a kimono sits in his tatami-floored studio with his paintings strewn about him. In the background a shamisen stands in a wooden box, its neck jutting upward.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
May 21, 2003

Who, what, when, where -- why?

My good friend Tatsumi Orimoto, now one of Japan's best-known artists, has made his mother a central subject in his work for the last several years. This, he once explained to me, is because she always supported him in his creative efforts -- efforts that are, in a word, unorthodox: in one, he famously...
BUSINESS
May 20, 2003

Ailing contractors to delay merger

Troubled contractors Kumagai Gumi Co. and Tobishima Corp. said Monday they will delay the deadline for their planned merger for a year until April 2005 so they can prepare more carefully.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2003

BOJ pumps 1 trillion yen into financial mart

In an effort to maintain stability in the financial system, the Bank of Japan on Monday provided financial institutions with 1 trillion yen via purchases of discount bills.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2003

43-year-old to become president at Sega Corp.

Sega Corp., which saw two potential merger deals slide down the drain earlier this month, announced Monday that a 43-year-old senior officer will replace Hideki Sato as president.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2003

Banking selloff prompts further slide on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Tokyo stocks fell for a third straight session Monday, with the key Nikkei average briefly dipping below the 8,000 line amid a banking sector selloff.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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